Goya Torres

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ARTIST BIO

I am a visual/street-artist and muralist from Sydney. My practice moves towards blurring the separation line between fine arts, street-art and illustration in order to develop a visual contemporary language that encapsulates reality nowadays. I have been involved in group exhibitions, live-painting events, street-art festivals, mural and public art projects internationally around Australia, Mexico, Latino-america, USA, United Kingdom and Europe.

This year I came back to Australia from a two year residency in the United Kingdom where I participated in the Street-Art Festivals Meeting of Styles in Pristina Kosovo, Gran Canaria Spain and Budapest, Hungary; the first Beeston Street-Art Festival in Nottinghamshire UK and the Printing Walls Street-Art Festival in Torrefarrera Cataluna Spain. Also painted a mural and judged for the yearly Street-Art Festival Exhibition at Surface Gallery in Nottingham, United Kingdom. I count with over 25 murals under my belt, from small as one square meter to 25 meters long and 8 meters high.

I have painted murals for Lane Cove Council, Taronga Zoo Sydney (Wild! Rhino project, sponsored by Hotel Steyne), the Hurley Australian Open of Surfing (St George Bank Surf Wall), Warringah Council, Port Macquarie Hastings Council (Hello Koalas project, sponsored by ABC Mid North Coast and Discover Magazine) and the Duke's Day Festival in Freshwater. I have been sponsored by aerosol brands such as MOLOTOW & Rodin (paint sponsors 2017) and NBQ (paint sponsor 2017, 2018).

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Live-painting for the Market Lane Artist Project
The Painter's Gallery. Sydney, Australia. (4m x 4m)
FEMINEM 5th International Graffitti & Street-Art Festival - Altlzayanca, Tlaxcala, Mexico. (4m x 4m)
Tu Estilo es el Mensaje Graffitti & Street-Art Festival - Nezahuatcoyotl, Mexico City, Mexico. (4.5m x 4.5m)
2016 Ciudad Mural Monterrey Street-Art Festival. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (6m x 7m)
CONSTRUCTO International Street-Art Festival. Sponsored by MOLOTOW and Rodin.
Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales' UNAM University, Mexico City, Mexico. (6m x 5.5m)
Meeting of Styles Copenhagen. Street-Art & Graffity Festival. Mural on tunnel. Warm-up event, Kings of Province. Ringsted, Denmark. (7m x 2.5x)
Blackburn Open Walls International Street-Art & Graffiti Festival.ly. Blackburn, Lancashire, England. (8m x 5m)
Meeting of Styles Poland. International Street-Art & Graffiti Festival. Lublin, Poland.
Street-art Grammart. Street-Art Festival. Grammichele, Sicily, Italy. (2 murals: 6x12m and 4x5m) Meeting Of Styles Kosovo, Street-Art & Graffity Festival. Pristina, Kosovo. (2m x 4m)
Meeting Of Styles Canary Islands, Street-Art & Graffity Festival. Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. (2m x 4.5m)
Beeston Street-Art Festival. Beeston, United Kingdom. (2m x 7.5m)
Urban Giants Street-Art Festival. Milan, Italy. (2m x 4m) - 2018 Whitecross Street Party, selected artist invited by Curious Duke Gallery. London, United Kingdom. (2.5m x 2.5m)
UPFEST Street-Art Festival. Bristol, United Kingdom. (3m x 4m)
Mural and Artist Jury at the Street-Art Exhibition, organised by Surface Gallery. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. (4.5m x 6m)
Meeting of Styles Budapest. Budapest, Hungary. (4.5m x 5m)
Printing Walls - Street-Art Festival Torrefarrera. Cataluna, Spain. (4.5m x 24m)
Blackman Park Dog murals. Commissioned by Lane Cove Council. Lane Cove West, Sydney, Australia. (5 murals of 3.5m x 3.5m each)
Bondi Sea Wall mural. Commissioned by Waverley Council. Bondi, Sydney, Australia. (3.5m x 6m)
YawWay Pop-up shop. Double plywood sheet mural. Commissioned by YawWay Gallery, Broadway St Glebe, Sydney, Australia. (4.8m x 2.4m)
'Jaguar girl' Shuffle Warehouse mural. Commissioned by Shuffle Studio. Brookvale, Sydney, Australia. (5m x 4m)